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Saturday, September 08, 2012

Destroyer named for SEAL is heading out to sea

Michael Murphy |The last of the Navy's original run of Arleigh Burke destroyers headed out to sea on Wednesday with sailors lining the deck in their white uniforms.

The Michael Murphy is named for a Medal of Honor recipient from New York's Long Island who led a four-member SEAL team against overwhelming odds in a gun battle in Afghanistan. Murphy was shot on June 28, 2005, when he exposed himself to gunfire to get a clear signal to call for help. Only one of the SEALs survived.

The 510-foot warship left Bath Iron Works following a ceremony at Maine Maritime Museum, traveling down the Kennebec River toward the open ocean.

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